Yup. This has effectively killed any shot that Huckabee had of being the vice president. I really can’t even fathom how he thought that this joke would be funny. The silence is deafening.
During my speech at the NRA a loud noise backstage, that sounded like a chair falling, distracted the crowd and interrupted my speech. I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or disparage Sen. Obama.I apologize that my comments were offensive, that was never my intention.
Despite what huck-haters think, it didn’t even make a dent in Huck’s chances for VP.
I am a big Huckabee fan, but am surprised he would make such a tasteless joke. he is an excellent speaker and usually thinks faster on his feet. Tacky.
LJ, you and Matthew are being completely sophomoric. “Yup, this just totally obliterated Huckabee’s chances at VP.” And who have you talked to? McCain? Nope, didn’t think so.
Yeah, yeah, it was a dumb joke. A pile of chairs fell over and it made an off-hand joke in poor taste. But if you really think this (alone) is going to torpedo him for VP — I don’t know. But I’m hearing a lot more wishful thinking than rational thought from you and Matt today.
Interesting news out of tonight’s political roundtable. McCain was not invited to speak; his campaign requested a speaking spot. Also, McCain’s camp considers Bush’s comments in Israel “unhelpful” and “a distraction.”
Although the issue may be being blown up a little bit you still have a southern white guy talking about a gun aimed at a black man.
Now that is bit disarming and face it not the brightest move on the part of a GOP leader. The lib media has done a good job of painting the GOP as anti anything that isnt white, this simply does not help.
“Also, McCain’s camp considers Bush’s comments in Israel “unhelpfulâ€? and “a distraction.â€?”
Does McCain have any intention of winning this thing?
He refuses to attack Obama, even on the issues. He is kinder to the liberal “enemy” than those in his own party.
Bush said essentially, that those who want to meet with loons like Ahmadinejad without making it clear that we won’t mess around if need be (on the military option) are pushing a very poor policy choice.
Does McCain want to make Obama’s willingness to treat Islamic extremists as equals an issue or not?
During my speech at the NRA a loud noise backstage, that sounded like a chair falling, distracted the crowd and interrupted my speech. I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or disparage Sen. Obama. I apologize that my comments were offensive, as that was never my intention
I was watching CNN in a bar tonight with a coworker. He is an Obama supporter but has been wavering recently due to Obama’s economic policies. When Huck said this, he gave the finger to the TV.
So I guess we can safely say Huck will not be on the ticket.
I can’t recall just how many going hunting with Dick Cheney jokes I have heard from Republicans and Democrats, from blacks and whites, directed at blacks and whites, Republicans and Democrats. None have been funny and no one instantly recalled chattel slavery and the Klan.
Get over it. Tag this blog post as “I hate Huckabee so let’s make a big deal about this.”
Watching the clip, I give Huck the benefit of the doubt. I think what he meant to say was something along the lines of “Obama saw someone with a gun and dove to the floor,” touching on his anti-gun rhetoric. What instead came out was gun-pointing.
Huckabee was a spoiler who cost Conservatives any chance of getting one of their own as the nominee.
No.
If you look at poll internals from pre-Super Tuesday polls, Huckabee was actually draining more votes from McCain than Romney, especially in the South.
There are so many Romney whiners on here… It’s just a small goof up.. not a big deal and not going to effect his chances at VP…..Romney beat Romney … not Huckabee.. Romney was never a conservative until he ran for office, people didn’t trust him, and they still don’t… even though many have come to respect and like him a lot more than they did….Romney will never be VP or President..it’s just a fact..
There are so many Romney whiners on here… It’s just a small goof up.. not a big deal and not going to effect his chances at VP…..Romney beat Romney … not Huckabee.. Romney was never a conservative until he ran for office, people didn’t trust him, and they still don’t… even though many have come to respect and like him a lot more than they did….Romney will never be VP or President..it’s just a fact..
What makes you think McCain isn’t serious about winning this election? Would it help his cause if proudly claimed that he agrees whole-heartedly with President Bush’s comments?
You are 100% correct. This is one of the biggest lies that keeps on getting told. Poll after poll after poll after poll showed that McCain was the #2 choice of the majority of Huckabee voters. Not all, but the majority.
If Huckabee would have lost Iowa, he would likely have gotten out because it was his “must win” state and he probably would have sent his support to McCain and McCain still would have won New Hampshire.
Alex #15 and Kavon, I’m not so sure. Yeah, that’s what the data from the later states showed (I don’t recall seeing good second choice data out of NH). But by that time the rancor between the Mitt and Huckabee camps had reached poisonous levels. Supporters of each were swearing (and still are) they would never vote for the other. If Huckabee had lost Iowa, I don’t think the poison would have reached those levels, and a greater portion of Huck supporters would have gone to Romney as their 2nd choice.
While it is slightly off topic, I think it is non sense to claim that if Mr. Romney would have won Iowa, he would have been nominated, and that Mr. Huckabee stole Mr. Romney’s votes to allow McCain to come up the middle, this is but one piece of the story. Mr. Romney lost because he could not win New Hampshire, The South or California, Iowa is just one piece of the puzzle. Mr. McCain also won the race because of the several other candidates falling apart. Perhaps if Mr. F. Thompson would not have looked so foolish on Meet the Depressed back in October, many of us (OK, I’m stretching it a little) might never have heard of either Mr. Huckabee or Mr. Romney because, Mr. Thompson would still be on top. Yes to a degree, there was overlap between Mr. Romney and Mr. Huckabee, but both appealed to different segments of the base. This vote splitting legend has gone too far and any vote splitting that did or did not take place was far more complex than just a Huckabee - Romney split.
If Huckabee had not been in the race, Romeny would have won. There are a couple reasons why:
1) If Romney had won Iowa, he would have gone into NH with the momentum, and, rather than the media saying “Romney is delt a major blow”, the worst they could have said was “Romney meets expectations”. Romney was damaged by IA, and that hurt him in NH. It made him look vulnerable.
2) If Huckabee had not been a factor, Romney could have spent significantly less time in IA, and instead dedicated himself to fending off McCain in NH, probably successfully. McCain would have been out if he had lost NH, clearing Romney’s path to the nomination.
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But lets even assume that McCain would still have won NH, even if Romney had won Iowa. Michigan would then have become the tie breaker, rather than Romney’s last stand. Romney would have won, gone on to FL, probably won there, and had bigger wins on Super Tuesday.
If Mr. Huckabee was not in the race, Fred Thompson, not Mr. Romney would have had a better chance of winning. Also, if Mr. Huckabee was not in the race, Mr. Brownback would have stayed in the race longer. Huckabee supporters would have gone in other directions also.
Even if Mr. Romney won Iowa and Mr. McCain won New Hampshire, South Carolina, not Michigan would probably still be the tie breaker. Sorry, but voters were smart enough, not to take Michigan as serious as other states. It lost half it delegates and voters knew the special circumstances about that state, it was a must win for Mr. Romney in part with the previous two states, it is no more a tie-breaker than Indiana was for the Democrats.
Ohio, a month ago I thought you were becoming more objective and less against Mitt Romney. Todays postings tell me you haven’t made the progress I had thought. Here is the deal.
The exit polls of Iowa showed Mitt overwhelmingly the 2nd choice of Iowa Huckabee voters. If Mitt would have won, Huckabee would have been out, and social conservatives would have naturally jumped on Mitt and Mitt would have indeed won NH, which would have, in affect knocked McCain out of the picture cause all of his eggs were in NH at that time.
Considering the fact that the social conservative vote was being split, Mitt did quite well in the South. In spite of the split he came close to winning in Georgia and Missouri.
You also mentioned California, saying that he could not win California. Do you not recall that the exit polls showed that Mitt beat McCain by 8% when asked who they preferred as the Republican candidate, but they voted for McCain because they perceived (by the media projections and polling) that McCain was more electable.
Mitt went from low single digit National Polls to the highest in the national polls just before California, and guess what, he had not even campaigned in many, many states at that time. If he had been able or chosen to stay in the race, he would have continued to climb as voters in the other states got to know him. Mitt Romney was very, very well liked by the people. The media, and all the other candidates, (except maybe Thompson) ganged up on him, and they succeeded in beating him. It wasn’t fair and square, but, nevertheless, they jointly beat him, partially thanks to the liberals Crist and Schwartzenneggar’s endorsements. I just wish some of you guys whom I respect would give credit where it is due when it comes to Mitt Romney. He is a great man, and I hope America has an opportunity to someday have a second chance to choose him as President. Meanwhile, he’ll make a great VP for McCain, and enable him to win it.
“Even if Mr. Romney won Iowa and Mr. McCain won New Hampshire, South Carolina, not Michigan would probably still be the tie breaker. Sorry, but voters were smart enough, not to take Michigan as serious as other states. It lost half it delegates and voters knew the special circumstances about that state, it was a must win for Mr. Romney in part with the previous two states, it is no more a tie-breaker than Indiana was for the Democrats.”
Ok, so you don’t think that Romney would have had a good chance in SC if his Iowa plans hadn’t been thrown off track?
And Thompson wasn’t going to become President - he didn’t have that burning desire. Thompson might have been second in IA, but he would still have failed completely in NH.
On #10. Of course Bush’s comments were not helpful. Bush needs to shut up. how silly of him to get involved in the race when any reasonable person knows that ANY Bush comment will hurt McCain. People want to vote against Bush. If a vote for Obama is a vote against Bush there is NO WAY McCain can win.
I suppose I am not nearly as anti-Romney as I was a few months ago if you want to put it that way. In fact, I never disliked him as a person. However, I never thought he was perfect, but if will, my view of him today is that I think his policies are less imperfect than I thought earlier. It is one thing for me to believe that Mr. Romney would make a good President, VP or what have you, it is another thing for me to believe that he is electable or could have won the nomination.
The fact of the matter is, a few months ago, I if given a choice between Mr. McCain or Mr. Romney, I would have chosen Mr. McCain over Mr. Romney. Today, it would be a more difficult choice, while I do not question the integrity of either man, I decision (assuming it was just between the two) would be based in part on who I trusted could and would carry out their stated policies. On a practical level, I am not sure about Mr. Romney’s ability to get elected (to be fair, he certainly is not the only person who is electorally challenged.) My whole, point is that I really question whether the only thing standing in the way of Mr. Romney’s nomination was Iowa and the so-called Huckabee - Romney split. By stating that Mr. Romney failed to win California South Carolina, I was not insulting him. If it makes you happy, several other candidates did not win those states either. However, I do believe that such states were more crucial in deciding the race. Mr. Romney did win several state such as Michigan and Nevada, but the dynamics were such that these states did not matter as much. One could argue that such is not fair, but the political landscape under the rules that we have are what they are. While it is true that if Mr. Romney would have had momentum for NH & SC had he won Iowa, I am certainly not convinced that this would have given Mr. Romney the nomination. A few more delegate does not a nomination make.
Back to the Huckabee factor, Huckabee voters are not monolithic, while some would have backed Mr. Romney, I am not sure that Mr. Romney would have gotten more than half. And while most of us agree that Mr. Huckabee was a factor in the race, the McCain, Romney and Huckabee campaigns were not the only entities in the race, other camps had an effect on the race as well.
I can not believe how anyone can stand here, and honestly say that the remarks made by Mike Huckabee did not have racist overtones to it. He would not have made them comments if Senator Obama was a white canidate in the same position. How can someone who calls themself a man of the God let his mind wander to even think of such an dispicable thought. This man totally disrespected Mr.Obama, not only only on a personal level but also professionally. I know this is the type of good ole’ boy talk that goes on behind closed doors when there are no cameras around and the hypocrites that call themselves political leaders sit back and have a good laugh, well guess what “spreading hatred and even suggesting to a organization like the NRA that someone was pointing a gun at a fellow colleague is no where even close to funny.”
Mr. Huckabee, did your comment empower you somehow? Make you feel more important? Make you feel big? A true bully is what you are. What would you do if a gun was pointed at you? Run? Fall to the ground? Words said off the cuff certainly show what kind of man you truly are at heart. A minister? I don’t know too many men of God in my world that would say such a horrid “joke.” A simple public apology? An apology will certainly not erase your words from the minds of folk that would do others harm. How hurtful and irresponsible your words were!
I had thought for a brief moment that you may be a different kind of “republican.” I believe I was wrong and you do belong with all those cronies who think like cavemen and have no moral backbone.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Ouch, just painfully bad.
(I’m not one of them, but) Romney supporters have to feel pretty vindicated by Huck’s humiliating himself again.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Huckabee was a spoiler who cost Conservatives any chance of getting one of their own as the nominee.
Lets face it, if he hadn’t won Iowa, McCain wouldn’t be the nominee.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
So Huck tries to make a funny joke at Barack’s expense and it falls flat. At the very least report both sides of the story.
http://www.huckpac.com/?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=1649
During my speech at the NRA a loud noise backstage, that sounded like a chair falling, distracted the crowd and interrupted my speech. I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or disparage Sen. Obama.I apologize that my comments were offensive, that was never my intention.
Despite what huck-haters think, it didn’t even make a dent in Huck’s chances for VP.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
He tried to improvise a spur-of-the-moment joke and it fell flat. So what? I was never a Huckabee fan, but all the fuss over this is ridiculous.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Ask any person in Arkansas if Huckabee has a racist bone in him — they would say no in an instant. Huck got 48% of the Black vote.
I believe he made a similar joke before about Dick Cheney shooting someone else; Huck should be more careful next time.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I am a big Huckabee fan, but am surprised he would make such a tasteless joke. he is an excellent speaker and usually thinks faster on his feet. Tacky.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
LJ, you and Matthew are being completely sophomoric. “Yup, this just totally obliterated Huckabee’s chances at VP.” And who have you talked to? McCain? Nope, didn’t think so.
Yeah, yeah, it was a dumb joke. A pile of chairs fell over and it made an off-hand joke in poor taste. But if you really think this (alone) is going to torpedo him for VP — I don’t know. But I’m hearing a lot more wishful thinking than rational thought from you and Matt today.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Interesting news out of tonight’s political roundtable. McCain was not invited to speak; his campaign requested a speaking spot. Also, McCain’s camp considers Bush’s comments in Israel “unhelpful” and “a distraction.”
May 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Although the issue may be being blown up a little bit you still have a southern white guy talking about a gun aimed at a black man.
Now that is bit disarming and face it not the brightest move on the part of a GOP leader. The lib media has done a good job of painting the GOP as anti anything that isnt white, this simply does not help.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
“Also, McCain’s camp considers Bush’s comments in Israel “unhelpfulâ€? and “a distraction.â€?”
Does McCain have any intention of winning this thing?
He refuses to attack Obama, even on the issues. He is kinder to the liberal “enemy” than those in his own party.
Bush said essentially, that those who want to meet with loons like Ahmadinejad without making it clear that we won’t mess around if need be (on the military option) are pushing a very poor policy choice.
Does McCain want to make Obama’s willingness to treat Islamic extremists as equals an issue or not?
May 16th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
May 16th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I was watching CNN in a bar tonight with a coworker. He is an Obama supporter but has been wavering recently due to Obama’s economic policies. When Huck said this, he gave the finger to the TV.
So I guess we can safely say Huck will not be on the ticket.
Go, Joe, go!
Go, Joe, go!
May 16th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I can’t recall just how many going hunting with Dick Cheney jokes I have heard from Republicans and Democrats, from blacks and whites, directed at blacks and whites, Republicans and Democrats. None have been funny and no one instantly recalled chattel slavery and the Klan.
Get over it. Tag this blog post as “I hate Huckabee so let’s make a big deal about this.”
May 16th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Watching the clip, I give Huck the benefit of the doubt. I think what he meant to say was something along the lines of “Obama saw someone with a gun and dove to the floor,” touching on his anti-gun rhetoric. What instead came out was gun-pointing.
Such is the happenings of off-the-cuff remarks.
May 16th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Huckabee was a spoiler who cost Conservatives any chance of getting one of their own as the nominee.
No.
If you look at poll internals from pre-Super Tuesday polls, Huckabee was actually draining more votes from McCain than Romney, especially in the South.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
There are so many Romney whiners on here… It’s just a small goof up.. not a big deal and not going to effect his chances at VP…..Romney beat Romney … not Huckabee.. Romney was never a conservative until he ran for office, people didn’t trust him, and they still don’t… even though many have come to respect and like him a lot more than they did….Romney will never be VP or President..it’s just a fact..
May 16th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
There are so many Romney whiners on here… It’s just a small goof up.. not a big deal and not going to effect his chances at VP…..Romney beat Romney … not Huckabee.. Romney was never a conservative until he ran for office, people didn’t trust him, and they still don’t… even though many have come to respect and like him a lot more than they did….Romney will never be VP or President..it’s just a fact..
May 16th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
It wasn’t so much a racist joke as a tasteless joke!
No-one jokes about assasinations. Surely.
Reminds me of that South Park episcode dumb dumb dumb!
May 16th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
act in #10:
What makes you think McCain isn’t serious about winning this election? Would it help his cause if proudly claimed that he agrees whole-heartedly with President Bush’s comments?
May 17th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Alex #15,
You are 100% correct. This is one of the biggest lies that keeps on getting told. Poll after poll after poll after poll showed that McCain was the #2 choice of the majority of Huckabee voters. Not all, but the majority.
If Huckabee would have lost Iowa, he would likely have gotten out because it was his “must win” state and he probably would have sent his support to McCain and McCain still would have won New Hampshire.
May 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Wow, did he purposefully sabotage himself? Huck is smooth enough not to make a mistake like this. I am thinking this was intentional.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:21 am
Alex #15 and Kavon, I’m not so sure. Yeah, that’s what the data from the later states showed (I don’t recall seeing good second choice data out of NH). But by that time the rancor between the Mitt and Huckabee camps had reached poisonous levels. Supporters of each were swearing (and still are) they would never vote for the other. If Huckabee had lost Iowa, I don’t think the poison would have reached those levels, and a greater portion of Huck supporters would have gone to Romney as their 2nd choice.
May 17th, 2008 at 5:44 am
While it is slightly off topic, I think it is non sense to claim that if Mr. Romney would have won Iowa, he would have been nominated, and that Mr. Huckabee stole Mr. Romney’s votes to allow McCain to come up the middle, this is but one piece of the story. Mr. Romney lost because he could not win New Hampshire, The South or California, Iowa is just one piece of the puzzle. Mr. McCain also won the race because of the several other candidates falling apart. Perhaps if Mr. F. Thompson would not have looked so foolish on Meet the Depressed back in October, many of us (OK, I’m stretching it a little) might never have heard of either Mr. Huckabee or Mr. Romney because, Mr. Thompson would still be on top. Yes to a degree, there was overlap between Mr. Romney and Mr. Huckabee, but both appealed to different segments of the base. This vote splitting legend has gone too far and any vote splitting that did or did not take place was far more complex than just a Huckabee - Romney split.
May 17th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Diarrhea of the mouth.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:55 am
If Huckabee had not been in the race, Romeny would have won. There are a couple reasons why:
1) If Romney had won Iowa, he would have gone into NH with the momentum, and, rather than the media saying “Romney is delt a major blow”, the worst they could have said was “Romney meets expectations”. Romney was damaged by IA, and that hurt him in NH. It made him look vulnerable.
2) If Huckabee had not been a factor, Romney could have spent significantly less time in IA, and instead dedicated himself to fending off McCain in NH, probably successfully. McCain would have been out if he had lost NH, clearing Romney’s path to the nomination.
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But lets even assume that McCain would still have won NH, even if Romney had won Iowa. Michigan would then have become the tie breaker, rather than Romney’s last stand. Romney would have won, gone on to FL, probably won there, and had bigger wins on Super Tuesday.
Face it, Huck ruined Conservative’s chances.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:07 am
If Mr. Huckabee was not in the race, Fred Thompson, not Mr. Romney would have had a better chance of winning. Also, if Mr. Huckabee was not in the race, Mr. Brownback would have stayed in the race longer. Huckabee supporters would have gone in other directions also.
Even if Mr. Romney won Iowa and Mr. McCain won New Hampshire, South Carolina, not Michigan would probably still be the tie breaker. Sorry, but voters were smart enough, not to take Michigan as serious as other states. It lost half it delegates and voters knew the special circumstances about that state, it was a must win for Mr. Romney in part with the previous two states, it is no more a tie-breaker than Indiana was for the Democrats.
May 17th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Ohio, a month ago I thought you were becoming more objective and less against Mitt Romney. Todays postings tell me you haven’t made the progress I had thought. Here is the deal.
The exit polls of Iowa showed Mitt overwhelmingly the 2nd choice of Iowa Huckabee voters. If Mitt would have won, Huckabee would have been out, and social conservatives would have naturally jumped on Mitt and Mitt would have indeed won NH, which would have, in affect knocked McCain out of the picture cause all of his eggs were in NH at that time.
Considering the fact that the social conservative vote was being split, Mitt did quite well in the South. In spite of the split he came close to winning in Georgia and Missouri.
You also mentioned California, saying that he could not win California. Do you not recall that the exit polls showed that Mitt beat McCain by 8% when asked who they preferred as the Republican candidate, but they voted for McCain because they perceived (by the media projections and polling) that McCain was more electable.
Mitt went from low single digit National Polls to the highest in the national polls just before California, and guess what, he had not even campaigned in many, many states at that time. If he had been able or chosen to stay in the race, he would have continued to climb as voters in the other states got to know him. Mitt Romney was very, very well liked by the people. The media, and all the other candidates, (except maybe Thompson) ganged up on him, and they succeeded in beating him. It wasn’t fair and square, but, nevertheless, they jointly beat him, partially thanks to the liberals Crist and Schwartzenneggar’s endorsements. I just wish some of you guys whom I respect would give credit where it is due when it comes to Mitt Romney. He is a great man, and I hope America has an opportunity to someday have a second chance to choose him as President. Meanwhile, he’ll make a great VP for McCain, and enable him to win it.
May 17th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
“Even if Mr. Romney won Iowa and Mr. McCain won New Hampshire, South Carolina, not Michigan would probably still be the tie breaker. Sorry, but voters were smart enough, not to take Michigan as serious as other states. It lost half it delegates and voters knew the special circumstances about that state, it was a must win for Mr. Romney in part with the previous two states, it is no more a tie-breaker than Indiana was for the Democrats.”
Ok, so you don’t think that Romney would have had a good chance in SC if his Iowa plans hadn’t been thrown off track?
And Thompson wasn’t going to become President - he didn’t have that burning desire. Thompson might have been second in IA, but he would still have failed completely in NH.
May 17th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
On #10. Of course Bush’s comments were not helpful. Bush needs to shut up. how silly of him to get involved in the race when any reasonable person knows that ANY Bush comment will hurt McCain. People want to vote against Bush. If a vote for Obama is a vote against Bush there is NO WAY McCain can win.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Illinoisguy:
I suppose I am not nearly as anti-Romney as I was a few months ago if you want to put it that way. In fact, I never disliked him as a person. However, I never thought he was perfect, but if will, my view of him today is that I think his policies are less imperfect than I thought earlier. It is one thing for me to believe that Mr. Romney would make a good President, VP or what have you, it is another thing for me to believe that he is electable or could have won the nomination.
The fact of the matter is, a few months ago, I if given a choice between Mr. McCain or Mr. Romney, I would have chosen Mr. McCain over Mr. Romney. Today, it would be a more difficult choice, while I do not question the integrity of either man, I decision (assuming it was just between the two) would be based in part on who I trusted could and would carry out their stated policies. On a practical level, I am not sure about Mr. Romney’s ability to get elected (to be fair, he certainly is not the only person who is electorally challenged.) My whole, point is that I really question whether the only thing standing in the way of Mr. Romney’s nomination was Iowa and the so-called Huckabee - Romney split. By stating that Mr. Romney failed to win California South Carolina, I was not insulting him. If it makes you happy, several other candidates did not win those states either. However, I do believe that such states were more crucial in deciding the race. Mr. Romney did win several state such as Michigan and Nevada, but the dynamics were such that these states did not matter as much. One could argue that such is not fair, but the political landscape under the rules that we have are what they are. While it is true that if Mr. Romney would have had momentum for NH & SC had he won Iowa, I am certainly not convinced that this would have given Mr. Romney the nomination. A few more delegate does not a nomination make.
Back to the Huckabee factor, Huckabee voters are not monolithic, while some would have backed Mr. Romney, I am not sure that Mr. Romney would have gotten more than half. And while most of us agree that Mr. Huckabee was a factor in the race, the McCain, Romney and Huckabee campaigns were not the only entities in the race, other camps had an effect on the race as well.
May 19th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I can not believe how anyone can stand here, and honestly say that the remarks made by Mike Huckabee did not have racist overtones to it. He would not have made them comments if Senator Obama was a white canidate in the same position. How can someone who calls themself a man of the God let his mind wander to even think of such an dispicable thought. This man totally disrespected Mr.Obama, not only only on a personal level but also professionally. I know this is the type of good ole’ boy talk that goes on behind closed doors when there are no cameras around and the hypocrites that call themselves political leaders sit back and have a good laugh, well guess what “spreading hatred and even suggesting to a organization like the NRA that someone was pointing a gun at a fellow colleague is no where even close to funny.”
May 20th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Mr. Huckabee, did your comment empower you somehow? Make you feel more important? Make you feel big? A true bully is what you are. What would you do if a gun was pointed at you? Run? Fall to the ground? Words said off the cuff certainly show what kind of man you truly are at heart. A minister? I don’t know too many men of God in my world that would say such a horrid “joke.” A simple public apology? An apology will certainly not erase your words from the minds of folk that would do others harm. How hurtful and irresponsible your words were!
I had thought for a brief moment that you may be a different kind of “republican.” I believe I was wrong and you do belong with all those cronies who think like cavemen and have no moral backbone.